Systolic hypertension and the response to blunt trauma in infants and children

Resuscitation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-253

  Dark, Paul ^a   Woodford, Maralyn ^a   Vail, Andy ^a   Mackway Jones, Kevin ^b   Yates, David ^a   Lecky, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Injury severity score; Life support care; Paediatrics; Pulse; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; REST; STANDARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE; REFERENCE VALUES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0036711268     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(02)00154-5     Document Type: Article

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